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French music producer Madeon, whom you might have heard of through his “Pop Culture” mix from 2011 that garnered almost 30 million views, has just released an artistically-crafted, new music video for his new single “Pay No Mind,” which features Passion Pit.

The music video features a couple who ventures into the city on a summer day. The couple finds themselves on rooftops and alleyways wandering into walls that resemble elegant, geographical patterns that are similar to those of kaleidoscopes. They eventually plot their way into a similar path that leads to a utopian realm.

Passion Pit have been awful quiet since the release of their commercially successful sophomore album Gossamer, which was released back in 2012. That silence has now been broken as Michael Angelakos and co. have revealed the details for their third album.

The album is titled Kindred, has a release date set for April 21, and will be released through Columbia. Coinciding with the album announcement is the stream of the album’s lead single and opener, called “Lifted Up (1985),” which is a fun and catchy tune that will have fans craving more Kindred as the album draws nearer.…

Sega has finally given in to demand (or money). Sonic The Hedgehog is headed to the big screen.

THRreports that Sony and producer Neal Mortiz, are teaming with Marza Animation Planet, a Japanese film production company and the division of the Sega Sammy Group, for a CG/live-action hybrid feature starring Sega gaming’s most famous character. No casting has occurred at this point, but we do know that Evan Susser and Van Robichaux are writing the screenplay, which will follow the antics of Sonic, the world’s fastest hedgehog.

Metallica promised fans a new song in 2014, and this morning we have our first taste of the iconic hard rock band’s latest musical offering.

Recently, Metallica were performing in Bogata, Columbia when they decided to share a new song rumored to be titled “The Lords Of Summer.” Fans quickly reached for their cell phones to capture the first-ever performance, and in the days since the show ended a slew of clips with varying sound quality have made their way online. We chose two to share with you, and they can be streamed at the end of this post. The …

Nine Inch Nails are back today with the seizure-inducing video for their single “Came Back Haunted,” directed by famed eccentric, David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Dr.).

You can find the official track-listing for Hesitation Marks through the jump and pre-order by heading over to iTunes. Hesitation Marks is due out September 3 via Columbia Records.

The video, most importantly, bears a warning stating, “This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.” Watch at your own risk.…

Idolator is reporting via Pink Is The New Blog that one of the tracks from Daft Punk’s upcoming album for Columbia leaked online a few days ago. Apparently titled “Dancing To The Beat”, it sounds a hell of a lot like that snippet that played during the Saturday Night Live commercial last week. Maybe that clip was a sample that was sped up for the final mix of “Dancing To The Beat”? It’s possible.

Daft Punk’s website has been pretty static up until recently. Before yesterday, a visitor to daftpunk.com would be greeted with the image seen here… and nothing else. That all changed today, when the logo seen here appeared on their home page.

Again, it’s not a splash page and it doesn’t link to anything. But the artwork is quality enough to merit a moment of your gawking.

Oh, but what’s this? Is that Columbia’s logo in the lower right quadrant? …

Boys Like Girls fans have had something to smile about this past week when the band streamed a song a day off of their forthcoming album, Crazy World. Now they have paired up with AOL Music to stream the entire album today.

Crazy World hits stores and everywhere tomorrow (December 11) through Columbia Records. Be sure to click through the link provided to pre-order Crazy World while you still can. It’s the only way you will receive this special merchandise from Boys Like Girls’ new album.

Los Angeles indie rockers Haim announced today that they have signed to Columbia Records. Congratulations to the entire band on this excellent opportunity!

Along with this great news, Haim released their music video for the new single “Don’t Save Me”. Expect this song to land on their full-length label debut in Spring 2013. Purchase “Don’t Save Me” over on iTunes now.

If you are enjoying Haim after watching their video for “Don’t Save Me” head through the link provided to check out their Forever EP, that was released in October.…

Boys Like Girls are back on Under The Gun Review today with the stream of their upbeat pop tune “Red Cup Hands Up Long Brown Hair”.

Filling our ears with the same catchy melodies as their self-titled debut, there is much promise for this next album. The song will be released on their forthcoming full-length album, Crazy World, which has a release date of December 11 through Columbia Records. Listen and enjoy by simply clicking past.

If you have not checked out BLG’s Crazy World EP please head here to grab your copy now.…